This unit focuses on the concepts and practices inherent in the strategies used by business leaders. Theoretical models and frameworks are identified to explain how business strategies arise in response to international business competitiveness. Strategic management determines the overall direction of an enterprise. This involves stipulating an organisation's objectives, and developing policies and plans intended to accomplish these objectives by allocating resources necessary to implement plans. You will encounter and evaluate the utility of numerous models and frameworks used in strategic decision-making. You will develop an extensive understanding of the strategic drivers of competitiveness and the process underpinning them. Industry relevance is maintained by embedding research activities into an applied strategic business plan. Strategic management is concerned with the formulation of the most critical objectives and implementation of business initiatives undertaken by senior management. These actions are undertaken for the benefit of the main stakeholders in an organisation, based on available resources after an evaluation of the internal and external environments in which an organisation competes. Strategic planning and strategic thinking are related to strategic management. Strategic planning produces and analyses data for input for strategic thinking. Strategic planning is often used to impose control mechanisms when implementing a strategy.
Level | Postgraduate |
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Unit Level | 9 |
Credit Points | 6 |
Student Contribution Band | 10 |
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
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Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
Residential School | No Residential School |
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Task | Weighting |
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1. Project (applied) | 40% |
2. Presentation | 30% |
3. Reflective Practice Assignment | 30% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
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2 - Presentation | • | • | • | |
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | • |
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2 - Communication | • | • | ||
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | |||
7 - Leadership | • | • |
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